Peace Betrayed Author:Michael Cromartie In his highly controversial 1988 book "Peace and Revolution," political scientist Guenter Lewy charged that since the Vietnam era the four major American pacifist organizations-American Friends Service Committee, Fellowship of Reconciliation, War Resisters League, and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom-have moved from singlehande... more »d devotion to the principles of nonviolence and reconciliation to a defense of "the moral legitimacy of armed struggle and guerrilla warfare." This provocative collection begins with a summary of Lewy's argument. The fifteen respondents-pacifists and non-pacifists-join the discussion. Some decry Lewy's account as prejudiced and incomplete; others applaud it as a long overdue exposure of the subversions of a noble purpose. In a final chapter, Lewy responds to his critics.« less